# Save / load / export as .xml?
**URL:** https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/save-load-export-as-xml/2165
**Category:** Suggestions
**Created:** [March 16, 2017, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/save-load-export-as-xml/2165 "2017-03-16T09:23:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@hawken](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/hawken)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2017, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/save-load-export-as-xml/2165/1 "2017-03-16T09:23:48Z")
OK I know TMX files ARE XML but this would be nice to have, as my current setup requires duplicating and renaming files to .xml each time I edit, as my current setup can’t parse .tmx as .xml
Would be nice to save / load or export as .xml in tiled.
Perhaps throw an error if tag is not present in file?
Cheers!
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### Author:  [@bjorn](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/bjorn)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/save-load-export-as-xml/2165/2 "2017-03-27T14:36:20Z")
Actually I have added support for opening .xml map or tileset files [over a year ago](https://github.com/bjorn/tiled/commit/137949b9478314d98c1c5ec9998dea99bc33545d), but it was on the `wip/tilesetdocument` branch which wasn’t merged until late last year. However, since then you should be able to use .xml as file extension just fine, you just need to use a _development snapshot_ rather than the latest release. You can find the links to those on the [itch.io download page](https://thorbjorn.itch.io/tiled), under installation instructions.
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### Author:  [@hawken](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/hawken)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/save-load-export-as-xml/2165/3 "2017-07-16T09:15:33Z")
Would be nice to have it as an option on “save as” or “export as” in the dropdown along with .json etc.
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### Author:  [@bjorn](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/bjorn)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/save-load-export-as-xml/2165/4 "2017-07-17T09:16:05Z")
Yep, it really should be mentioned in the file dialogs! Added it now:
[https://github.com/bjorn/tiled/commit/bfc29692de3da4ef1361c9e929b0281126847afd](https://github.com/bjorn/tiled/commit/bfc29692de3da4ef1361c9e929b0281126847afd)
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### Author:  [@hawken](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/hawken)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/save-load-export-as-xml/2165/5 "2017-11-03T10:39:59Z")
Hi I just grabbed the latest Tiled from [itch.io](http://itch.io) as was curious to see if I can save or export as .xml to speed up my work flow, it doesn’t appear to be in 1.0.3 for mac, is there a specific build I can grab?
Cheers! (good to be using tiled again!!)
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### Author:  [@bjorn](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/bjorn)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/save-load-export-as-xml/2165/6 "2017-11-03T21:20:02Z")
Hey @hawken, the change I made above went to `master` because it touched localization strings. This is why you don’t find it in 1.0.3. Until Tiled 1.1 has been released you can install a development snapshot to be able to save as .xml.
And now I realized that I still need to publish development snapshots for macOS also on [itch.io](http://itch.io). They are linked from a comment on the downloads page, but here is the direct link (just take the latest one):
[https://update.mapeditor.org/snapshots-osx/](https://update.mapeditor.org/snapshots-osx/)